A5 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the A5 right now, but 1 roadwork is currently in force.

Live A5 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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A5 roadworks in force now

Hard shoulder mobile lane closure eastbound

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Birmingham North West A5 · A5 Southbound Between A49 Near Shrewsbury (East) And M54

Expected to clear in 24 minutes 28 seconds

Started 12 Oct 2026, 08:00 Expected clear 12 Oct 2026, 16:30

Hard shoulder mobile lane closure eastbound

Category: Road Maintenance

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A5 closures planned this week

A5 southbound Portway to Redmoor lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Milton Keynes A5 · A5 Southbound Between A509 And A421

Starts in 3 hours 54 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 04:00

A5 southbound Portway to Redmoor lane 1 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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A5 eastbound Malborough Way between slips carriageway closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Tamworth A5 · A5 Southbound Between B5440 And B5080

Starts in 3 hours 54 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 20:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 05:00

A5 eastbound Malborough Way between slips carriageway closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the A5

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